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  area 
  extending 
  from 
  beneath 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  marginal 
  vein. 
  

   Length 
  1.Y5 
  mm, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  this. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Oahu, 
  Mount 
  Tantalus 
  ; 
  bred 
  from 
  eggs 
  of 
  Rhyncogo- 
  

   nus 
  blackhurni 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Giffard. 
  I 
  have 
  drawn 
  up 
  the 
  

   description 
  from 
  five 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  male 
  and 
  several 
  

   females 
  captured 
  by 
  myself 
  at 
  various 
  times 
  in 
  the 
  mountains 
  

   around 
  Honolulu. 
  Last 
  October 
  on 
  a 
  wet 
  day 
  two 
  females 
  were 
  

   captured 
  hiding 
  in 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  Freycinetia, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  

   the 
  male 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  Eupelmus. 
  

  

  JUNE 
  6th, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  twenty-ninth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  

   in 
  the 
  library 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Forestry, 
  Mr. 
  

   Swezey 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  NOTES 
  AND 
  EXHIBITION 
  OF 
  SPECIMENS. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wilder 
  expressed 
  the 
  regret 
  that 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Holo- 
  

   cMora 
  venosa, 
  apparently 
  a 
  male, 
  that 
  he 
  captured 
  in 
  his 
  yard 
  

   was 
  unfortunately 
  lost. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  exhibited 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  moths 
  bred 
  from 
  caterpillars 
  

   found 
  on 
  wild 
  banana 
  leaves 
  at 
  Honomu, 
  Hawaii, 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  about 
  1500 
  feet. 
  He 
  considers 
  it 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   Omiodes, 
  and 
  has 
  named 
  it 
  meyricki, 
  for 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Meyrick, 
  who 
  

   worked 
  up 
  the 
  Macrolepidoptera 
  for 
  the 
  "Fauna 
  Hawaiiensis." 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  palm 
  leaf-roller 
  (Omiodes 
  

   blachhwyii) 
  . 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  exhibited 
  moths 
  of 
  this 
  latter 
  species, 
  

   also, 
  for 
  comparison, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  egg-clusters 
  and 
  caterpillers 
  of 
  

   both 
  species; 
  and 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  distinctions 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  

   species. 
  The 
  egg-masses 
  of 
  meyricki 
  are 
  more 
  rounded 
  and 
  

   less 
  flat 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  hlac'kbu7'ni, 
  and 
  are 
  placed 
  directly 
  on 
  

   the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaf; 
  whereas 
  those 
  of 
  blackhurni 
  are 
  

   elongate, 
  and 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  groove 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  or 
  along 
  beside 
  

   a 
  mid-rib 
  or 
  vein. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  meyricki 
  are 
  very 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  nearly 
  free 
  from 
  black 
  markings; 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  

   blackhurni 
  have 
  many 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  head; 
  the 
  cervical 
  

   shield 
  is 
  heavily 
  black-marked; 
  and 
  the 
  tubercles 
  of 
  all 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  margined 
  with 
  black. 
  The 
  pattern 
  of 
  

   the 
  wings 
  of 
  meyricki 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  blackhurni 
  

   except 
  that 
  the 
  postmedian 
  line 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  is 
  distinctly 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  margin. 
  The 
  fore 
  wings 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  of 
  meyricki 
  

   are 
  suffused 
  with 
  ferruginous, 
  while 
  those 
  of 
  blackhurni 
  have 
  

  

  